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August 26 2017

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Events on This Day

Debut for Juventus
Rodrigo Bentancur
milestone

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Aaron Rosenberg
deceased
All-American college football player, film producer (1912-1979) · 1912–1979
Days lived
24,478
🇮🇪Alan Averill
singer · b. 1975
Days alive
15,342
Aleksandr Izotov

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Adam von Trott zu Solz
deceased
German noble and diplomat (1909-1944) · 1909–1944
Days lived
12,802
Alessandro Cagliostro
deceased
Notable Trials · 1743–1795
Days lived
19,079

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
60,138
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,816

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,809
🇺🇸Koko
deceased
Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,153

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,982
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,679

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
671,189
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,703

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,632
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
22,054

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deceased

scientist · 1907–1988

Days lived

29,418

Alex Zanotelli

🇮🇹Alex Zanotelli

Italian missionary · b. 1938

Days alive

28,856

Cassie Ventura

🇺🇸Cassie Ventura

American singer, dancer, actress, and model (born 1986) · b. 1986

Days alive

11,324

Chen Junyi

🇨🇳Chen Junyi

film director · b. 1981

Days alive

13,150

Chris Pine

🇺🇸Chris Pine

American actor (born 1980) · b. 1980

Days alive

13,515

Dagmar Koller

🇦🇹Dagmar Koller

Austrian actor and singer · b. 1939

Days alive

28,491

David Price

🇺🇸David Price

film director · b. 1985

Days alive

11,689

Einhard Bezzel

🇩🇪Einhard Bezzel

German ornithologist · 1934–2022

Days lived

32,026

Émile Boirac

🇫🇷Émile Boirac

philosopher · 1851–1917

Days lived

24,132

Erich Hintzsche

🇨🇭Erich Hintzsche

Swiss physician (1900–1975) · 1900–1975

Days lived

27,327

Franz Gürtner

🇩🇪Franz Gürtner

politician · 1881–1941

Days lived

21,706

Gauthier Boccard

🇧🇪Gauthier Boccard

Belgian field hockey player · b. 1991

Days alive

9,498

Georg Meier

🇩🇪Georg Meier

German chess player · b. 1987

Days alive

10,959

Géza Havass

🇭🇺Géza Havass

model · 1913–2001

Days lived

32,046

Hans Kammler

🇩🇪Hans Kammler

German architect, SS general, head of construction and armament projects in the German Reich (1901-1945) · 1901–1945

Days lived

15,963

Heinrich Fanta

🇦🇹Heinrich Fanta

Czech architect (1877–1941) · 1877–1941

Days lived

23,178

Hugh Dalton

🇬🇧Hugh Dalton

Welsh politician and British MP (1887-1962) · 1887–1962

Days lived

27,200

Jacques Brinkman

🇳🇱Jacques Brinkman

field hockey player · b. 1966

Days alive

18,629

James Harden

🇺🇸James Harden

basketball player · b. 1989

Days alive

10,228

John Peake

🇬🇧John Peake

British field hockey player (1924–2022) · 1924–2022

Days lived

35,646

Juan Branco

🇪🇸Juan Branco

Lawyer, writer, political activist · b. 1989

Days alive

10,228

Karen Spärck Jones

🇬🇧Karen Spärck Jones

British computer scientist (1935–2007) · 1935–2007

Days lived

26,155

Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

actor · b. 1993

Days alive

8,767

Kelvin Cato

🇺🇸Kelvin Cato

American basketball player · b. 1974

Days alive

15,707

Kevin Rankin

🇺🇸Kevin Rankin

basketball player · b. 1971

Days alive

16,803

Lee Yong-kyu

🇰🇷Lee Yong-kyu

film director · b. 1985

Days alive

11,689

Leon Douglas

🇺🇸Leon Douglas

American basketball player · b. 1954

Days alive

23,012

Macaulay Culkin

🇺🇸Macaulay Culkin

musician · b. 1980

Days alive

13,515

Mark Benecke

🇩🇪Mark Benecke

German biologist · b. 1970

Days alive

17,168

Markus Schwabl

🇩🇪Markus Schwabl

German footballer · b. 1990

Days alive

9,863

Melissa McCarthy

🇺🇸Melissa McCarthy

American actress and comedian · b. 1970

Days alive

17,168

Morgan Ensberg

🇺🇸Morgan Ensberg

film director · b. 1975

Days alive

15,342

Ola Ray

🇺🇸Ola Ray

American actress · b. 1960

Days alive

20,820

Oleg Taktarov

🇺🇸Oleg Taktarov

athlete · b. 1967

Days alive

18,264

Paul Gauselmann

🇩🇪Paul Gauselmann

German businessman · b. 1934

Days alive

30,317

Peter Wolf

🇦🇹Peter Wolf

rapper · b. 1952

Days alive

23,742

Rainer Erler

🇩🇪Rainer Erler

writer · 1933–2023

Days lived

32,947

Raymond Joseph Cannon

🇺🇸Raymond Joseph Cannon

Politician, lawyer, baseball pitcher (1894–1951) · 1894–1951

Days lived

20,910

Riccardo Ruggiero

🇮🇹Riccardo Ruggiero

Italian manager · b. 1960

Days alive

20,820

Riley Steele

🇺🇸Riley Steele

American pornographic actress · b. 1987

Days alive

10,959

Roy Walter Riehlman

🇺🇸Roy Walter Riehlman

entrepreneur · 1899–1978

Days lived

28,814

Soyeon (Jeon So-yeon)

🇰🇷Soyeon (Jeon So-yeon)

K-pop Idol ((G)I-DLE) · b. 1998

Days alive

6,941

Stro

Stro

Actor · b. 1996

Days alive

7,671

Tetsuya Ogura

🇯🇵Tetsuya Ogura

Japanese association football player · b. 1970

Days alive

17,168

Thalía

🇺🇸Thalía

singer · b. 1971

Days alive

16,803

Theodor Siebs

🇩🇪Theodor Siebs

German linguist (1862–1941) · 1862–1941

Days lived

28,765

Tony Barbieri

🇺🇸Tony Barbieri

actor · b. 1963

Days alive

19,725

Toshiaki Imae

🇯🇵Toshiaki Imae

film director · b. 1983

Days alive

12,420

Ulrich Beiger

🇩🇪Ulrich Beiger

German film actor (1918–1996) · 1918–1996

Days lived

28,514

Wilhelm Fischer

🇩🇪Wilhelm Fischer

German boxer · b. 1972

Days alive

16,437

Zaim Imamović

🇧🇦Zaim Imamović

singer · 1920–1994

Days lived

26,824

Zhang Jie

🇨🇳Zhang Jie

Chinese weightlifter · b. 1987

Days alive

10,959

Zlatko Vujović

🇧🇦Zlatko Vujović

football player · b. 1958

Days alive

21,551

Franz Werfel

🇺🇸Franz Werfel

musician · 1890–1945

Days lived

20,074

Fred Louis Lerch

🇦🇹Fred Louis Lerch

actor · 1902–1985

Days lived

30,468

Georg Neumann

🇩🇪Georg Neumann

entrepreneur · 1898–1976

Days lived

28,727

Georg Wittig

🇩🇪Georg Wittig

chemist · 1897–1987

Days lived

32,943

Hans Georg Klamroth

🇩🇪Hans Georg Klamroth

entrepreneur · 1898–1944

Days lived

16,755

Inge Borkh

🇩🇪Inge Borkh

German soprano (1921–2018) · 1917–2018

Days lived

36,983

Joyce Jacobson Kaufman

🇺🇸Joyce Jacobson Kaufman

Jewish American chemist (1929–2016) · 1929–2016

Days lived

31,844

Kurt Dehn

🇩🇪Kurt Dehn

musician · 1920–2000

Days lived

29,259

Ludwig Thoma

🇩🇪Ludwig Thoma

journalist · 1867–1921

Days lived

19,941

Lutz Hachmeister

🇩🇪Lutz Hachmeister

entrepreneur · 1959–2024

Days lived

23,728

Matthias Erzberger

🇩🇪Matthias Erzberger

writer · 1875–1921

Days lived

16,777

Roy Raymond

🇺🇸Roy Raymond

entrepreneur · 1947–1993

Days lived

16,936

Samuel Monroe, Jr.

🇺🇸Samuel Monroe, Jr.

Actor · 1973–2026

Days lived

19,265

Wolfgang Bauer

🇦🇹Wolfgang Bauer

Austrian writer (1941-2005) · 1941–2005

Days lived

23,538

Wolfgang Nonn

🇩🇪Wolfgang Nonn

West German field hockey player (1935-1959) · 1935–1959

Days lived

8,958

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

46,164

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,827

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,702

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,607

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

41,512

Barys Kit

🇷🇺Barys Kit

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,384

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,672

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Kanzi

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

13,452

April

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Boo

🇺🇸Boo

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,692

Maru

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

3,748

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

2,739

Grumpy Cat

🇺🇸Grumpy Cat

Mixed breed cat · 2012–2019

Days lived

2,597

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

65,252

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,694

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,660

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

54,294

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,738

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

50,390

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,721

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

55,390

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,742

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

31,285

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

29,195

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

27,172

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

16,592

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

15,409

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,704

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

14,017

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,974

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,753